Poet, novelist, and critic David R. Slavitt has published more than fifty books and teaches at the University of Pennsylvania. Palmer Bovie has published many translations of classical Roman literature, including The Georgics of Virgil and The Satires and Epistles of Horace.

Klappentext

'The works of Plautus, ' writes Palmer Bovie, 'mark the real beginning of Roman literature.' Since Palutus's career unfolded against the background of the Second Punic War, it is not surprising that his prologues often end with a wish for the audience's 'good luck against your enemies' or that the plays have their share of arrogant generals, boastful military captains, and mercenary adventurers. In these lively new translations, which effectively communicate the vitality and verve of the originals, the plays of Palutus are accessible to a new generation.

Zusammenfassung
Mostellaria, Palmer Bovie.

Inhalt
"Poenulus", Janet Burroway; "Asinaria", Fred Chappell; "Trinummus", Daniel Mark Epstein; "Epidicus", Constance Carrier; "Mostellaria", Palmer Bovie. Plays and translators contained in Volume 4 are: "Persa", Palmer Bovie; "Menaechmi", Palmer Bovie; "Cistellaria", R.H.W. Dillard; "Pseudolus", Richard Beacham; "Stichus", Carol Poster; "Vidularia", John Wright.